The attack occurred around 7 a.m. as the two officials sat inside an Audi on a major Mexico City thoroughfare.

Fernandez and Raul Cortes MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Two top aides of Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada were shot dead in an attack in a central part of the capital, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday.

A gunman has shot dead two top aides of the mayor of Mexico City, Clara Brugada. The mayor's private secretary, Ximena Guzmán, and Brugada's adviser, José Muñoz, were killed on their way to work on Tuesday morning local time.